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It Ian long tlmn to wnlt but tho
fourth of July is coming Mr l5rynnR
predictions to tlio contrary notwtth
i Winding
Tho Womans club nt Fremont is ngL
latlng tho quoBtlon of n pnbltn ltbrnry
lot that olty und it Isprolmblft thnt tholr
efforta will remit lit tho establishing of
imch an limtitntlon
Dont forgut to put n your Now
monlllttollH II rCSOlVU tO tllUO TlIK
Nkwh
Tho Columbus J nurnnl boustB Hint a
man of thnt olty tliil some plowing on
Friday tho 21st and tho gromul
tnroed over nB easy as lu tho summer
mouths Nebraska 1h ontitlod to recog
nition as n propor whiter resort
A 1-year-old Illly wns recently Hold In
London for r0000 Tlmt would seem
to bo n pretty long chnnco to tnko on
bcrcdlty but brooding cuts n grent fig
ure In tlio Aquino world as It does
ometlmes with tho huninn race
Tho incronso in tho monoy oiroulntion
of tho United Spates for tho mouth of
November was nonrly 19000000 nud
treasury exports nowplnco tho per capita
-circulation of tho country nt 12801
Tho gold stnndnrd dooB not nppour to
Hnitrnct tho currency In nny hirgo do
ffrrw
Patent modioino ndvertisors linvo u
bonanza in n Philadelphia man who
t likes flvo dnily papers just to roud tho
xuaitcr thoy have prepared mid thou bo
Moves that ho bus nil tho nllmeutH so
olaborntoly described It is snld thnt
during tho post two yenrs ho linn tnkon
T73 bottlia of tho various proprietory
preparations
I A certain cynical college professor
nBked for his dollnltlon of nn
orulnblo wouiuii replied An niulnblo
rwomun la one who when you trnmp
out the gathers of her dress skirt with
your clumsy feet turns around nnd
vralles nt you The college professor
despite his great erudition Is wrong
Tho creature he describes is nn nngcL
If tho namo of a cortnin Sioux City
employer woro but known ho would
doubtodly bo flooded with applications
for tho poBitiou of stenographer in his
office ilo rocently made tho Mntomont
that a good Btouographor is worth 50
a mouth to any employer and regrets
thnt somo nro said to receive but 3 or
3 a week for thoir Rorvicos
Tho Columbus Journal gives a perti
nent reasou for tho iutelligoucoof Amor
icons and tho low rate of illiteracy in
this country in the following Tho
statement ia mado thnt there nro about
30000000 pupils attending echoolB in
the United States us uiauv as Germany
Franco and Italy combined and three
times the enrollment of Great Britain
and Ireland and livo times as many as
Jluaain with its population of 100
00000
The citizens of Niobrara propose to
harness the river of the sumo nume and
xaako it furnish power for operating an
electric road thnt will connect it and
town west of there with a city market
Towns along the northern border of the
etate have never had convenient trans
jjortatiou facilities aud the inhabitants
hopo thnt somo scheme may bo success
fully carried through that will plucu
them in closer touch with the markets
An example of womens activity well
directed lu public a flu Irs Is shown In
llcatdsburg Cnl which Is said to
have been nhnost completely trans
formed through the efforts of the La
dles Improvement club of that town
elnce last September They have by
their active lullueuce and organized la
bore procured for the town a muulclpal
water system u municipal electric light
plant comfortable seats ln the park an
Intelligent name system for the streets
signboards with names at all corners
and a drinking fountain costlug 000
These nro all Improvements which the
men folks bad talked about for years
Imt their efforts were confined to talk
The women accomplished them lu a
few mouths without luereused taxes
except for the first two purposes
named
Not a little comment nnd some crit
Seism have been Indulged lu by the Eng
lish people over the comparative in
effectiveness of the rifle lire of the
British soldiers In South Africa Ah
expert writing to tho London Dally
Mall notes that In tho British army
volley firing Is cultivated to a gront
extent lie snys It Is believed to regu
late the expenditure of ammunition
to compel each soldier to tire coolly
with properly adjusted sights and to
enable the commander to direct the tire
at the point desired The same writer
iowever snys thnt Burnhnm the
American scout called attention to the
fact thnt the Boeis would duck when
they snw the smoke wf a volley nnd rise
to lire In return after It had passed
over them The truth Is volley tiring
cannot be used to advantage except
against men in masses and at moderate
ranges The English employment of
lbs volley In a part of the
live methods which prevailed In thn
norvlcc of the queen nnd which hnvo
received some pretty Novoro shocks In
the South Aft lean campaign
It has been said and statistics Room
to prove the contention that more mon
ey Intended for chnrlty goes to un
worthy than to worthy objects This
Is due not to nny Minister motive on
tho pnrt of tho donors but to the
fact thnt charitably Inclined persons
nre ns a rule so tender hearted na to
bo easy prey for the army of profes
sional beggars of the better class who
ate constantly on the lookout for them
A nntlonal movement Is on foot which
lis nt lenst based upon common sense
ren thouch It may prove to be non-
practical In operation It Is Intended
that all states shall establish Institu
tions upon prncllcally Identical lines
nnd thnt nil persons In eneb stntc shnll
be requested to send nny Hurplus mon
ey they may have and nil begging let
ters they may receive to their stnto
bonrd of chnrlty which through its
local representatives will look careful
ly Into tho merits of ench case nnd
net ns tho mntter secuiB to warrant
The Idon of this plan In thnt the wor
thy poor would get all tho money In
tended for them by tho resultant Bhut
ting off of tho leeches who now fatten
on tho sympathetic nnturcB of good
hearted but shortsighted persons
Our Trniloln tlio lnulflo
In tho last Uvo yoars tho largest per
centage of gain in America exports has
boon with Asia and Ocoanica Tho fig
ures of iucroaso for ton months are from
5jnr874iJl in 1805 to 82015151 in tho
proBont yoar a gain of 220 per cent
Temporarily thoro is a fnlliug off in ox
porta to China on account of military
operations nt Iokin and tho disturbed
condition of tho country But to Japi u
this yoar tho Unitod States linn scut
goods val ued at over 2J000000 or 00
pur cent moro thau in 18MI Thoro has
also boon an increase in exports to Hong
Kong and Asiatic Russia Our exports
to Africa havo nluiOHt tripled since 1815
standing this yoar at if 17000000 for ton
months In IIawalithoPhllippiuosnnd
Alaska thoro is a largo incronso in trado
bnt as this is our own territory thn fig
ures aro not includod in this showing
It Is to tho Pacific that the producers
of tho United States mny look for tho
most rapid enlargement of foreign trade
South America to which our avcrngo ex
ports nro not moro than si500000 a
month and which soils us moro than it
buys is a less promising field than the
Pacific Karopoau countries take special
pains to eulivato business rolutiom with
South Ainorica and a convention com
posed of roprosoutntives from tho Spanish-speaking
countries has just boon hold
in Madrid It9 results were chitlly son-
timontal for Spain is in no position to
assume any commercial leadership Tho
completion of tho Nicaragua canal will
open to American enterprise now facili
ties for reaching tho Pacific sido of South
Amorlcn Asia and Ocoanica aud ab
our trado there is growing at n greater
ratio than with any other part of the
world Amorican merchants ninuufno
tarers and traders must keep sharp eyes
on developments in the vast ocean that
borders the most populous port of the
world St Louis Globe Democrat
Irrigation Ilcsourcc
The subject of irrigation is enlisting
tho interests of a great many people es
pecially of the west nud anythiug per
taining to the subject ia eugerly rend
Tho following from 1 II Newell by
drogrnphor of tho geological survoy is
from nn oflioial source and his idea of
tho possibilities of land reclamation
should bo carefully considered
Exclusive of Alaska aud outlying
possessions one third of the whole
United States is vacant uud at the dis
posal of oougress For the most part it
is open to homestead entry and settle
ment and much of it consists of hind
possessing great fertility except for the
luck of water In different sections are
to be found mouutaiu masses from
which come perennial streams whose
waters are now used to some extent to
moisten the parched lands At intervals
there occur local storms or floods inun
dating large tracts 2 here is available
water for the reclamation of a consider
able portion of this arid land if it could
all be saved aud put to use
Work has been undertaken by indi
viduals and by corporations to construct
ditches canals and reservoirs to supply
the lack of moisture Ab a rule the
smaller works takiug water from per
ennial streams have been not ouly
successful but sources of greut profit
to the owners jgthe larger works
however almost equally without
exceptiou have proven financial failures
and their owners havo btcoine bank
rupt Tho great works built in the
hopo of Eecuriug a certuiu aud perma
nent revenue drawn from tho farmer
have impoverished the owners and the
latter unwillingly have become bene
factors of the public
The lessonjis being elowly but cer
tainly taught that reclamation on a
large scale canuot bo made a source of
profit except under extraordinary com
bination of ciroumstauces Tho great
storage reservoirs ami canals are com
parable in one sense to lighthouses and
harbor improvements they aro neces
sary and worth fur more thuu they cost
but under the existing state of civiliza
tion they cannot be made to contributu
exclusively to the welfare of tho build
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY JANUARY 4 1H01
ers The indirect gain or unearned in
crement of value is so widely diffused
that tho general public leaps the larger
roward
Wo nro confronted with n situation
where thoro is a vast amount of fortilo
laud to bo reclaimed and considerable
quantities of water to bo conserved nnd
brought to this thirsty land By such
action millions of homes can bo created
nnd tho commonwealth enormously
strengthened by tho ndditlou of a pro
ducing population where ench bond of
family owns nud lives upon his farm
To bring about this happy result it is
impossible to trust to speculative enter
prize because of tho fact that profits
cannot bo mado in construction of a
work nnloss tho population Incomes
tenants of a great land owning monop
oly
New
January 1 1001 has a donble signifi
cance It not only marks tho birth of a
now year but of a now century Tho
latter fact somewhnt overshadows the
formor as it is tho ovont of a lifotimo
nnd it affords nu opportunity to review
tho past as rooorded by history nnd
memory and to indulge in fancies on to
what the now century may bring forth
Tho century juBt closing has been one
of wonderful progress nnd development
and in no country is this moro marked
than in our own United States of Amer
ica When tho passing century dawned
it was a struggling infant aa nations
go and its closo witnesses a new and
ninturo giant stopping forth in tho prido
of his strength and assuming a plnco in
international politics on on equality
with the oldest and ablest nations of
tho world with a strong probability of
soon taking tho load While tho dying
century has witnessed a wouderfnl de
velopment along political and territorial
lines tho progress in scionco tho arts
industry explorations and tho hundreds
of other indications of advancement
havo been ns marked Iu these tho
United Stntos hns easily led and tho
world owes moro to her pooplo than to
any other nation
Civilization is advancing with mighty
strides nud tho timo ia not far in tho
fnturo whon all nations will enjoy the
blessings of oulightonmontand tho dark
and savage places of the earth will bo no
moro
Tho fonrloES oxploror hns penetrated
tho uttermost parts of tho earth and in
his wako havo followed tho civilizing
iuflnoucos that tho Niuteeuth coiitury
has brought forth The woudorful do
velopmcnt can Fcarcely bo realized
A century ago a very largo portion of
Siutli Amoricn was an unknown unex
plored wilderness now it is all known
aud generally inhabitad North Amer
ica west of tho Mississippi river was
known as tho Great American desert
Siuco thou states equulling in strength
and wealth nud area many of tho king
doms which had places in nncient history
hnve been formed of that territory
Nebraska is ouo of those states which
lias assumed an important place in tho
nationullife Asia Africa and Australia
were little known and have since
produced countries and peoples of more
or loss importance As the old century
oloses aud the new opens there is but a
few localities among them Thibet that
ire unknown to tho civilized world and
these will undoubtedly give up thoir
secretB before tho new century is many
years old
With this record of exploration nnd
tho opening of new territory to the
world aa a feature of tho Ninteenth cent
dry tho mind naturally inquires regard
ing tho direction such progress will take
during the coming century The work
in baud for civilizing influences is how
ever but just begun There are un
developed resources in all parts of the
world capable of sustaining millions o
people and these will receive deserving
attention duriug thenexthundrod years
During the time that new countries
have been opening up the intelligence
of the civilized countries has been im
proving A forecast of what the Nine
teenth century has developed would
havo been taken as the veriest fairy tale
by the intelligent people of the Eight
eenth and the results would have ex
ceeded the most vivid imaginings
Among the most important murks of
progress are the steam and electric rail
roads telegraph and telephone the pub
lic Bchool system publio water supply in
cities pavements and sowers electric
lighting liquid air photography steam
ships aud naval vessels submarine boats
ocean cables sewing machines talking
machines moving pictures clocks and
watches typesetting by machinery
power printing presses the postal system
bicycles and automobllescoal for heat nud
power churches by the thousands char
itable benevolent nud iusurnnce organ
izations improved farm machinery
gasoline power stenography and typo
writing telegraphing without wiros
tho Roteugeu x rays fire arms aud mu
nitions of war aud th u uudsof other
inventions and improvements
Reviewing these wonderful achieve
ments it is a question us to what remains
for tho Twentieth century to develop
aud it seems impossible to realize that
the inventions we now deem so complete
aud perfect may uppear as crude nud
useless to the person who witnesses tho
birth of tho Twenty First century as
the methods employed at the opening
of the Niuteeuth century now appear to
us That there will be wonderful
ohauges is not questioned but what they
will be is a subject for conjecture
I Mil II
INTEREST IN THE TREATY AND THE
SHIPPING DILL CONTINUES
1 1 imt Kill mi of ttir Shipping Pill
tin Thrlr WnrU tlrrnl llrllnfln nnil
tin- Trrnlj 1 lili iMon of Rcnnlor
llunnnii Iopiilitrlty
Wakiiinhtov Dec J Public Inter
rt still continues to center upon tho
riny Pauncefotc trenty nnd the ship
ping bill Correspondents of the lend
ing newspapers of the country located
lu Washington are constantly being re
minded by their editors thnt all the
facts nnd gossip on those subjects nre
eagerly rend by the people nnd conse
quently the attention devoted to them
occupies n considerable portion of the
dully spnee devoted In the press of tho
country to Washington news It la
somewhat curious nnd not Insignificant
thnt the general run of mntter on the
Hblpplng bill In particular should have
been so favorable Thnt n powerful
lobby representing the Interests of for
eign steamship lines known to be op
posed to this bill Is located In Wash
ington Is well known in newBpnper cir
cles but the disquieting thing Is the
renillness with which responsible news
pnpers nnd their experienced cone-
Hpondents hero accept ns true Btnte
meutH known to hnve emanated from
thnt source
This Is nil tho more striking since
nothing Is done by the friend1 of the
measure to offset this propaganda All
talk to the contrary notwithstanding
there Is no lobby here In the Interest of
the shipping bill and not the lenst pres
sure Is being put upon members to fa
vor It That the contrary Is true with
respect to the opponents of the bill
every member of congress known Not
nlono nre members nppronched nnd
sounded ns to their views on the
shipping bill but they nro dnlly In re
ceipt of documents opposing It which
documents curiously enough nil come
from tho snine source It would be dif
ferent If the opposition to the shipping
bill were nt nil wldesprend or general
On tho contrary however It Is restrict
ed und limited although extremely ac
tive For this reason people should be
very cnutlous how they accept ns true
stories put afloat against the bill and
most of all they should remember that
Its defent Is desired by every Interest
opposed to tho best welfare of tho
United States
The fate of the Ilny Pnnncefoto trea
ty now hinges upon the disposition of
the British government If the latter
Is willing to accept It In Its amended
form ns there Is growing reason to be
lieve It will then the way will not only
be smoothed for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal by tho United Stntos
but tho hampering restrictions of the
famous Clnyton Bulwer treaty will no
longer remain n ulghtmnrc to disturb
the otherwise friendly relations be
tween the United States and Great
Britain Tho tact that Great Britain
displays In Its treatment of Jho amend
ed trenty will have a most powerful In
fluence upon the negotiations probably
soon to bo resumed to settle the differ
ences existing between the United
Stntos nnd fnnndn Great Britain can
well afford to be satisfied with the
Ilay Paunccfpte treaty If she Is dis
creet enough In ner diplomacy to ac
cept It graciously assured that Ameri
cans will approach a solution of tho
other differences ln a spirit of liberal
ity thnt will go far to effecting a final
settlement on all of the questions iu
dispute
Since Senator Hnnnn blossomed out
ns nn orator he Is ln receipt of congrat
ulatory telegrams nnd letters from all
sorts of people Many of them of
course come from political nnd person
al friends but tho largo majority of
them come from people who nre per
fect strangers to him Tljey nre nil
anxious to procure copies of his speech
nnd In Rome enses considerable num
bers nre naked for by those evincing an
rnthusInRin or deep Interest In the sub
ject nnd who nre nnxlous to spread the
speech among their friends The sena
tor snys that the most gratifying of nil
of these requests Is the fact that so
many of them come from the south
nnd from self confessed Democrats
some of whom admit that thoy nro op
posed to him polltlcnlly but In sympa
thy with him in his efforts to place our
shipping lu tho foreign trade upon a
position th ft will add to the nations
military and commercial strength
If one were to believe the statements
put out by the opposition press he
would be convinced that Senator Han
nn had aroused the resentment of ev
ery one of his colleagues In the senate
He Is pictured ns being desirous of
bosslug things In the sennte and riding
roughshod over those who have come
to be known ns old timers In that
great deliberative chamber whereas as
n mntter of fact no mnn In the senate
Is more careful than Senator Ilanua to
observe the traditions nnd customs and
especially to defer to the experienced
judgment of his colleagues upon all
iiinters of procedure But In tho case
i f the shipping bill which has aroused
llioso maliciously untrue statements
concerning him be has been Identified
with the subject from the day he first
crossed the threshold of the senate nnd
It Is the one great measure with which
Ids name Is Identified He resents be
cause of Its utter untruth every state
ment that directly or indirectly charges
htm with having nnythlng more tlinn a
public and patriotic Interest in the
measure Ills lake marine Interests
are not nnd cniiuot be In tho least af
fected by either the passage or the de
feat of the shipping bill nnd be nbso
lutely has no pecuniary Interest what
ever lu ships or shlpplug elsewhere
J B M
NEW RAILROAD LAW NEEDED
Until rartlrii In Knna rir1jcd to InBe
of tlm MciiMirc
Topokn Ian J Tho Kansas legis
lature at Its session beginning Ian
8 will have to enact a new railroad
law Both parties are pledged to thls
measure The old ednnnlssloojr law
will be re enacted with n few nmend
inititH giving the board more power
The Republicans nre ndvocntlng u
now assessment and taxation law
which will secure the assessment of
property nt Its renl vnlue Many
largo enterprises In the stnto such as
the big packing houses nt Kansas City
escape their share of taxes and It Is
the purpose of the legislature to pass
a law that will Insure the listing of nil
such pniorty nnd In fact all classes
of property at Its true value
The National Anll Clgnrette league
win send rcpiesentatives neie to pusn
n bill for the prohibition of cigar
ottea The federal supreme courts de
cision In the Connecticut ense where
in the state nntl clguretto law wns
upheld has encouraged the lengue to
try to save Kansas from the cigarette
evil
TESLAS PREDICTION
llopm to See Communication Klblllietl
With the Other Worlui
Are Trying to Signal Our
New York Jnu 2 Nlkola Train the
wizard of electricity Is completely
satisfied that attempts are being made
by the Inhabitants of some other plan
ets to communicate with the people of
this earth
In some experiments I have been
conducting for some time said Mr
Tesln I have been noticing disturb
ances that have bad a peculiar effect
on my Instruments What these dls
turbnnces nro caused by I am unable
to say at present but I am firmly con
vinced that they aro the results of an
nttempt by some human beings not of
our world to speak to us by slgnnR
I am certain of some points In con
nection with these things I have no
ticed I am absolutely certain that
they are not caused by anything ter
restrial 1 know too tliat they aro not
caused by the sun or moon and hence
I nm forced to the belief that they
come from some other planet
That we can send a message to n
plnnet Is certain That we can get an
niiHwor Is probable Man on earth is
not the only being In Gods gront sys
tem of worlds that Is ln possession of
n mind
SUGAR WARNEARING END
Arbuekle nnd Ilntemrycr Interests
Finally Ailjunt DIUerenceH
Toledo O Inn 2 Very substantial
reports are current that the coffee and
sugar war which has waged so long
and bitterly between the Arbuekle
and Ilavemeyor interests Is Hearing an
adjustment satisfactory to all parties
For four long years tho Wuolson
Spice company has not made an ad
vance in the price of roasted coffee
It Is now understood thnt today with
an understanding with uud the as
sent of the Arbuckles the Woolson
people will order an advance of Vj
cent per pound on their roasted prod
uct
Word also comes through private
sources that B II Howell Co of
New York one of the largest concerns
of Its kind In the country will tvduy
advance granulated sugar flvj points
bringing it up to that quoted by
the American Sugar Refining com
pany or In other words the Have
mcyer interests
New Lire Salu District
Seattle Wasn Jan 2 News of the
creation of a new life saving district
to include the sea waters of Alaska
Washington and Oregon hns been re
ceived Captain W H Roberts of
San Francisco has been appointed si
perintendent of the district with head
quarters at Tacoma The formation of
a new district will greatly enhance
the scope of the service nnd will re
sult In the establishment of n station
nt Cape Flattery There Is at present
no station north of Grays Harbor
Argentines Rulplui Crop
Buenos Ayres Jnn 2 The minis
ter of agriculture Martin Garcia
Mcrou in his annual lvport estimate
that there will be 1700000 tons of
wheat available for export this sea
son He says thnt the corn crop Is
good
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
William Clabots Is In Jail nt West
Superior Wis charged with killing
his wife with an nxe
Miss Kuuigutidu Bnrtholdt of Mas
coutah Ills died of blood poisoning
resulting from a scratch caused by a
pie plate
Theodore Schutte of Illinois City
stepped through an air hole while at
tempting to cross the river aud was
drowned
Senator James McMillan of Detroit
was nominated by the Joint Republic
an caucus of the Michigan legislature
to succeed himself
Harry Doun aged 30 years was
Mabbed to death by John Bartlett 17
years old at Ilttsfield Ills The lads
had a quarrel about Burtletfs dogs
scaring Donus cattle
Stephen Boozle was killed and
Charles Collodion fatally Injured In
Menominee Wis Tupsday They
wore driving nud their cutter was
struck by a North wetern passenger
train and demolished
Notice of a reduction In wages that
will affect about 4000 men were potted
Tuesday at till of tho blast furnaces
lu tho Mahoning nnd Shenango val
leys The base price Is 100 per dny
to helpers aud the notices state that
after Feb 1 the base price will be
105
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IMPORTANT MATTERS TO BE DE
CIDED CY CONGRESS AFTER RECESS
Deep Intercut In Cnunl nuil Shlpplnjr
IlllU rceiliiix Thnt tho To
Are Ulon i ituhiUtl liisltiou
IJHortM to Mlnlouri the teoplc
Wasiiinoton Dec 27 Having prac
tically disposed of the
und adjourned for the holidays
the senate will resume consideration of
the shipping bill Immediately after the
recess Pressure will be brought to se
cure the consideration of the Nicaragua
canal bill nnd the army reorganization
bill will nlso come before the sennte for
consideration onrly In the first week of
the coming century In the house rap
id progress has been made In disposing
of many Important measures nnd
when thnt branch of congress gets
down to work nfter the holidays It Is
likely to continue Its good record of
dispatch of meritorious legislation
There Is no measure before congress
thnt nttrncts both here in Washington
and the country over so much atten
tion ns docs the merchant marine re
vlvnl bill Then Is some Insidious
force nt work here thnt nttempts to
poison the usunl channels of news
with all kluds of statements
more or less true but nearly nil twist
ed and perverted designed to confuse
nnd mislead the public concerning that
greut untlonnl measure If the general
run of dispatches that are sent out
could bo believed it would tye n fore
gone conclusion thnt the shipping bill
wns nlrently dead It may be nccepted
ns a fnct that none of these dally ema
nations Is Inspired by nny of the
friends of the bill either In or out or
congress
One of tio mo t mendacious nnd
desnlcnble intiods employed by the
enemies of this measure to prejudice
tho public against it 1j tho assertion
already worn threndbnro that the old
er senators resent the attempt of Sena
tor Hanna to assume the position of
leader In tho senate In the first place
Senator Hanna baa made no effort to
assume such a position nnd secondly
his relations with his colleagues on
each side of the senate are most cor
dial nud pleasant Everybody knows
that he is earnestly anxious to secure
the passage of the merchant marine
bill that it is a measure to which be
has given more attention than to nny
other single bill nnd that he hopes to
secure the assent of a majority of the
senate to Its enactment So far as
using any coercive means by which to
secuie support he has done nothing of
the kind nud not one of Ids colleagues
has breathed even an intimation ol
such an attempt
The construction of the Nicaragua
canal is another topic that is much dis
cussed That It will eventually be dug
and by the United States Is generally
conceded and many people believe that
the legislation necessary to start the
project along will be passed this win
ter Thoro is n widespread nnd grow
ing fooling however that the work of
building up our shipping In the foreign
trade should go hand In hand with the
construction of an Isthmian canal For
the United States to construct such a
onnnl and to have It used only by for
eign vessels as is the case with the
Suez would be contrary to the wishes
of n majority of the people so It is be
lieved here That the construction of
such n canal will be a great aid to com
merce goes without saying but people
are beginning to realize thnt the de
pendence of our exports upon foreign
ships for their transport plnces the
United Stntos in n seriously weuk and
nlniost dangerous position
The vnlue of the exports of the Unit
ed Stntos this year will probably reach
one nnd n half billions of dollars a
sum twice as great as tho value of our
exports ln 1800 Such a growth mar
velous as It has been is likely to be
greater during the next ten years
more particularly ln manufactur
ing so rapidly has this partic
ular branch of our exports ex
pnntled during tho Inst two or
three years It will be much different
In tho future ln securing nnd holding
foreign markets for our manufactures
thun it has been In the past In secur
ing aud holding foreign mnrkets for
our raw products This truth must be
obvious to all who will reflect When
our raw products were carried from
our shores to foreign countries in for
eign ships and there manufactured
Tor tho worlds consumption and by
foreign ships carried to the worlds
mnrkets there wns nothing to arouse
the hostility of foreign peoples
But those nations which possess a
Inrge export trado In manufactures
happen to also be the nations possess
ing the merchant shipping which does
the great bulk of the worlds foreign
carrying Tho rapidity with which the
United States is increasing Its exports
of manufactures is not yet fully real
ized abroad but when it Is and this
must be soon so enormous Is our In-
rease our foreign rivals will be arous
od from their lethargy nnd they will
seek to discover menus to check our ex
port growth In this circumstance
possessing ns they now do the only
menus with which our exports enn be
cnrrled abroad It would be easy for
them to withdraw their ships from our
trade nnd thus leave us without aiiy
moans for convoying our products to
their foreign markets Lacking their
ships our people would be absolutely
helpless nnd u staggering blow would
thus be struck nt our export trade the
Injurious effects of which would be felt
In every manufacturing and business
center of the nation J B M i
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